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J. F. SHAW.

(No Model.)

BOOT.

No. 424,138. Patented Mar. 25, 1890.

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UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. SHAW, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR' OF ONE-FOURTH TO JOSEPHM. QUIVEY, OF SAME PLACE.

BOOT.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,138, dated March25, 1890.

Application filed June 26, 1889. Serial No. 315,684- (No model.)

To aZl whom it may concern: boot, but it also prevents any damage tosuch Be it known that I, JAMES F. SHAW, a citifelt by the strain inpulling the boot off, and zen of the United States, residing at Jackson,permits the use of an ordinary boot-jack in re- 55 in the county ofJackson and State of Michimoving the boot, thus rendering the removalgan, have invented certain new and useful of the boot easier andavoiding the necessity Improvements in Boots, of which the followof thecare now commonly required in the reing is a specification. moval of theordinary felt boot. The edges My invention is an improvement in felt ofthe felt side pieces fit close together at the 6:: boots; and itconsists in certain novel eonrear of the boot, immediately inside of thestructions and combinations of parts, as will leather leg-piece and overthe meeting edges be hereinafter described, and pointed out in of same.7 I provide a strip F, preferably the claim. of leather, which extendsinside of the boot In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my fromthe sole up to the top of the foot portion, 65 improved boot. Fig. 2 isa section on about and is secured by stitching along its edges line 2 2of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a section on about -through the side sections 0 offelt on opposite line 3 3 of Fig. 1., and Fig. 4 is a section on sidesof the meeting edges of same and about line 4 4 of Fig. 1. through theleg-piece. This strip F, it will be The boot comprises a foot-piece offelt or seen, forms a brace and a shield against wear 7o analogousmaterial and a leg-piece of leather of the felt at the rear insideportion of the or analogous material; and the present invenfoot-pieceand receives the wear resulting tion seeks,among other improvements, toprofrom the pressure and bearing of the heel as vide braces which willefficiently strengthen the boot is pulled on and off the foot. This theboot at the points Where the felt of ordistrip, being of leather, alsopresents a better 75 nary felt boots usually cracks, and to so arsurfacethan felt for the heel and facilitates 2 5 range such bracing portionsthat they will the movement of the foot into and out of the form themeans of uniting and incasing the boot. meeting edges of the side .flapsor pieces of lVhere the edges of the sections 0 meet at the feltfoot-piece. the front of the boot, I provide outside a 80 Referring tothe drawings, the felt footleather strip Gr, which extends over thejoint of piece is marked A and the leather leg-piece sections 0 from thelower front portion of the B. I form the foot-piece A of side pieces 0,leg-piece down and under the insole, and is of suitable shape, havingtheir rear edges fitstitched in place. Rows of stitching are also tingclose together at the rear of the boot, and provided running down 011opposite sides of 8 5 their front edges fitting close together down thejoint of sectionsO, and serving to secure 3 5 along the top and front ofthe foot-piece, the same firmly to the bracing-strip G. It will be loweredges of the sections 0 being suitably seen that the strip G, inaddition to its use in crimped under the insole D, the outer sole Esecuring the edges of sections 0 and lapping being then applied andsecured by suitably the joints thereof, also forms a brace, extend- 9ostitching, as will be understood from. the, ing from the toe of the bootto the lower front 40 drawings. The leg portion of the felt footend ofthe legpiece, and forms a connection piece extends up well above theankle, and the therebetween, thus strengthening the front leatherleg-piece fits thereon and extends in part of the foot portion andreducing the liafront well down toward the instep and below bility ofthe felt foot-piece to crack. Within 5 the bend at the top of theinstep, so as to prethe foot-piece I provide a strip II, of canvas orvent cracking of the felt at such point. At other suitable material,which extends lapthe rear of the boot the leg-piece extends down pingthe front joint of sections 0 from the up over the felt to the outersole E, and is crimped per to the lower edge of same, and is secured inimmediately over said sole and under the in place by stitching near itsedges. r00 crimped-in portion of the felt at the heel. The boot soconstructed is simple in make- This construction is especiallydesirable, beup, firmly braced and re-enforced at the cause it not onlyprevents the cracking of the needed points, and in such manner as togive felt by the bending of same at the heel of the strength and alsoprevent the cracking of the felt. The boot may also be easily removedfrom the foot by the use of a boot-jack or similar appliance without anydanger of cracking or tearing the felt.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by.Lettors Patent, ,is

The improved boot, substantially as herein described and shown,consisting of the felt foot-piece formed of side sections having theirmeeting edges arranged close together at the front and rear of thefoot-piece, the leather leg-piece fitted over the leg portion of thefoot-piece and having its rear portion extended down under the heel ofthe foot porfrom the toe-piece upward, all substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

JAMES F. SHAW. Witnesses:

CIoERo N. TOMPKINS, ELLA ODONNELL.

